Posted by Joseph in Geology on May 31, 2018
Last Friday was MGeol presentation day, which marked the end of our MGeol research projects. Throughout the day every fourth year gave a 15 minute presentation about the project they’ve been working on this year, covering everything from palaeontology to volcanology. 15 minutes sounds like quite a long time to have to stand up and […]
Posted in Studying | Tagged Geology, learning, MGeol, Presentation, research, rocks, skills, undergraduate, University
Posted by Joseph in Geology on May 4, 2018
10,000 words and many hours later, I’ve finally made it to the end and handed in my MGeol project this week. It’s a strange feeling walking out of the department office empty handed, having just given away something which has been a massive part of my life for the last 9 months. For the last […]
Posted in Studying | Tagged Geology, learning, Leicester, MGeol, Project, research, rocks, skills, undergraduate, University, university life, University of Leicester
Posted by Joseph in Geology on March 28, 2018
Most modules for geology have a fairly similar format – you go to lectures, take part in practicals and are assessed by a combination of coursework and exams. However, 1 module which I’ve had this year is a bit different. Hot Topics is a module for fourth years which is all about discussing various questions […]
Posted in Studying | Tagged Geology, improving, learning, Leicester, research, skills, student, undergraduate, University, University of Leicester
Posted by Joseph in Geology on March 21, 2018
This semester I’ve been working on writing up my MGeol project which is worth 50% of my fourth year. I don’t have any taught modules this semester, so other than meetings with my supervisor I have very little scheduled contact time. This means that I’ve had to keep myself motivated to work on my project. […]
Posted in Studying | Tagged Geology, improving, learning, Leicester, research, skills, student, tips, undergraduate, University, university life, University of Leicester
Posted by Joseph in Geology on February 27, 2018
Last night I went to the 59th Annual Bennett Lecture, an annual occasion when a guest speaker comes in and gives a lecture for students, staff and the public, in memory of F.W. Bennett who played a key role in establishing the university and was a keen amateur geologist. This year, the speaker was Dr. […]
Posted in Future, Reseach, Studying | Tagged Bennett Lecture, Geology, Guest Speaker, Lecture, Leicester, research, societies, student, University, University of Leicester
Posted by Joseph in Geology on January 16, 2018
Last week I sat my last ever exam as an undergraduate student. This gave me mixed feelings, whilst I’m relieved that I don’t have to go through the stress of sitting exams again, it means that I’m one step closer to finishing my degree and being released into the real world. The way my module […]
Posted in Exams | Tagged Exam, Geology, learning, Leicester, research, student, undergraduate, university life, University of Leicester, UoL
Posted by Joseph in Geology on January 7, 2018
This week I started the new year with a trip to Leeds and attended my first ever academic conference, the Volcanic and Magmatic Studies Group (VMSG) Annual Meeting, which this year was held at the Leeds City Museum. The conference is a chance for researchers from the volcanology community from all over the UK and […]
Posted in Studying | Tagged conference, Geology, Poster, research, skills, student, undergraduate, University, University of Leicester, VMSG
Posted by Joseph in Geology on October 25, 2017
From an outsider’s perspective, it might look like geology students spend all their time running off around the world on field trips. However geologists also spend a lot of time inside working in labs. Over the couple of weeks I’ve been spending a lot of time in the lab doing work for my fourth year […]
Posted in Lab, Reseach, Studying | Tagged Geology, lab, learning, research, rocks, skills, undergraduate, University, University of Leicester, UoL
Posted by Joseph in Geology on August 30, 2017
Hello, I’m Joseph and welcome to my first post as geology blogger. I was blogging last year during my year abroad in New Zealand on the Study Abroad blog, so check out my posts if you’re interested in finding out about my experience. If you’ve just got your A-level results and are heading to Leicester […]
Posted in Studying | Tagged Geology, Leicester, research, student, summer, undergraduate, University, University of Leicester
Posted by Jo M in Geology on March 28, 2016
The idea of undertaking a PhD application never sounded too scary. I had been toying with the idea for six months or so… A PhD or straight into industry? For me the deciding moment happened when I presented my ongoing MGeol Masters Research Project at MDSG (Mineral Deposits Study Group) back in January this […]
Posted in Career, Employment, Future, Graduation, Postgraduate Study, Reseach, Studying | Tagged Geology, Leicester, PhD, postgrad, research, the university of Leicester
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